[nelZ]

Howdy,

My wife is doing geneology and one of these guys is named Briggs. Does anybody know what kind of machine is in the background? Shaper??

Any idea of the year of the machine or of the photo?

Thanks tons!

Nelson

[keebler303]

That is a gantry planer. Here is a newer example: http://www.retos.cz/obr/5_kovo/hoblik_hd25.jpg

No idea on the year but it's a lot older than I...

[Al_The_Man]

One application was/is a rail planer for switch points and frogs.
I would guess Circa 1935?
The big shot smoking the cigar is the boss!!
Al.

[Al_The_Man]

It could have well been a Gray Planer, Gray took out a patent in 1884 for a machining planer.
Here is one of the first in the Cincinnati History Museum
Photo Index - G. A. Gray Co. - G. A. Gray metal planer | VintageMachinery.org
I retro-fitted an old 1954 model to CNC in the '90's.
Al.

[nelZ]

I think the guy on the left possesses the brains to run one of these things. Then he became an engineer.....

[ThomasAlva]

Is that Edsel Ford on the left? It looks kind of like him. If it is, then that picture was taken in the Rouge Complex in Dearborn, MI.

[Al_The_Man]

Is that Edsel Ford on the left? It looks kind of like him.

I thought more like Harrison Ford:devious:
Al.